_ 56 _ about so much death and misfortune but it also caused Nuno da Cunha to miss the August monsoon, on which he was relying to sail to India. Since it was now the beginning of October, Nuno da Cunha gave priority to the situation in Ormuz, He ordered Ras Sharif to be handed over to Manuel de Macedo for escort to Portugal. The Wazir took with him with many servants, much wealth, and a great number of expensive items from his house. The Governor sent letters for the King with Manuel de Macedo, describing the outcome of his expedition so far and sending him the information he had obtained from Ras Sharif. Nuno da Cunha gave the position of Wazir in Ormuz to Sheikh Raschid, who had been Wazir of Kalhat and Muscat, on account of his personal qualities and the great service he had rendered the King of Portugal at the time of the uprising in Ormuz against the Portuguese during the governorship of Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Raschid had protected all the Portuguese in Muscat, whom the King of Ormuz had ordered to be killed, and had then Joined the Portuguese in battle against Ras Dallahmisha (the brother of Ras Sharif) who was involved in the uprising, where he killed him and defeated the Moors from Ormuz, who were of his own religion and race, in order to maintain loyalty and fidelity to the Portuguese who were under his protec-
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